Kjersti Løken Stavrum

Kjersti Løken Stavrum (b 1969, Norway) is a prominent journalist and editor who served as secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association from 2013 to 2016.

She has worked as a journalist for Aftenposten, where she contributed to the development of its weekly A-magasinet magazine and edited it from 2005 to 2012. Stavrum has also been editor-in-chief for the weekly women’s magazine Kvinner og Klær (KK), and was named 2003 Female Media Leader of the Year in recognition of her success in making KK Norway’s most popular women’s magazine.

Stavrum is currently CEO of the Tinius Trust and Blommenholm Industrier, which is the largest shareholder in Schibsted ASA. She also sits on the boards of the Ethical Journalism Network and PEN Norway.